Details
Title: 太平記
Title (romaji): Taiheiki
Episodes: 49
Genre: Jidaigeki
Viewership ratings: 34.6 (1st ep), 34.6 (higest ep), 26.0 (average)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 1991-Jan-6 to 1991-Dec-25
Air time: Sunday, 20:00
Synopsis
The 29th NHK Taiga Drama is Taiheiki. The series was a big deal in Japan, watched by all ages and all over the country. Hiro's appearance in this series is the second time, after a small role in Dokuganryu Masamune in 1987. Taiheiki is based on Shihon Taiheiki (part-fiction novel based on the classic literature Taiheiki, literally means "peace story") by the prominent popular novelist Yoshikawa Eiji. Hiro plays Takauji from 20 to 54 years old.
Cast
Sanada Hiroyuki
Ogata Ken
Fujimura Shiho
Sawaguchi Yasuko
Takashima Masanobu
Daichi Yasuo
Emoto Akira
Hagiwara Kenichi
Akai Hidekazu
Miyazaki Masumi
Takeda Tetsuya
Fuji Mariko
Jinnai Takanori
Higuchi Kanako
Yanagiba Toshiro
Miyazawa Rie
Sakai Franky
Kataoka Tsurutaro
Katsuno Hiroshi
Kodama Kiyoshi
Enoki Takaaki
Kondo Masaomi
Goto Kumiko
Tsutsumi Daijiro
Inoue Norihiro
Motoki Masahiro
Harada Mieko
Kataoka Takao
Owada Baku
Taguchi Tomorowo
Production Credits
Original writing: Yoshikawa Eiji
Screenwriter: Ikehata Shunsaku (池端俊策), Nakakura Shigeo (仲倉重郎)
Music: Saegusa Shigeaki (三枝成彰)
Notes
In 1991, NHK released a simulation video game for the TurboGrafx 16 gaming system (also known as PC Engine in Japan) called NHK Taiga Drama Taiheiki.
